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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Feb 09, 2025

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    FOSS stories, some sharing
  2. GNU/Linux Leftovers
    3 more links for now
  3. Programming Leftovers
    Development themed links
  4. Open Hardware/Modding/Retro: LinuxPDF, Amiga, and Raspberry Pi
    hardware picks
  5. Canonical/Ubuntu Leftovers
    Some news about or from Canonical/Ubuntu
  6. Which Linux Distro Is Best for Privacy?
    Let’s dive into some of our penguin pals’ most popular distros to discover which ones give you the best overall privacy protection
  7. Fedora and Red Hat Leftovers
    Some IBM stuff
  8. Games: Banning Steam Deck Users and Classic Video Game ("Prince of Persia") Helped Spread Linux
    Games articles; a pair
  9. Security, FUD, and Scams
    inc. LF scams
  10. today's howtos
    Instructionals/Technical posts
  11. Games: MOO List, Godot 4.4 Beta 3, and More
    gaming picks
  12. New Releases of EasyOS: Version 6.6.2 of EasyOS Daedalus-series and of EasyOS Scarthgap-series
    two releases
  13. today's leftovers
    GNU/Linux and more
  14. Windows TCO Leftovers
    the real Windows TCO
  15. Android Leftovers
    Samsung Galaxy S25 review: The last compact Android flagship
  16. OnlyOffice Desktop Editor 8.3 Added Apple iWorks, PDF Stamps Support
    OnlyOffice announced the new 8.3 release for its offline Desktop Editor apps yesterday
  17. Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Support is Coming To An End
    Ubuntu 20.04 LTS is nearing the end of its original five-year support cycle
  18. Free and Open Source Software
    This is free and open source software
  19. Snal Linux – Arch based live distribution
    Snal Linux is an Arch-based distro intended to be used as a live image from portable media
  20. This Week in Plasma: Final Plasma 6.3 Polishing
    Welcome to a new issue of "This Week in Plasma"
  21. This Week in GNOME: #186 Media Parsing
    Update on what happened across the GNOME project in the week from January 31 to February 07
  22. Slimbook Titan report 5 - The mojo has returned ...
    I will address all sorts of different aspects of everyday usage, including gaming, which is one of the major blockers for leaving Windows and its silliness behind
  23. Games: Everwarder, A Game About Digging A Hole, Cast n Chill, and More
    Latest from GamingOnLinux
  24. The year of the Linux desktop has arrived
    OS-level AI integration is not the future of personal computing, or at least, it’s not in my future.
  25. Security Leftovers
    Security news
  26. Programming Leftovers
    Development news
  27. ‘Monster Hunter Wilds’ Playable On Steam Deck and Steam Console Rumours?
    Games related picks
  28. Red Hat and CentOS Leftovers
    CentOS plus FOSDEM 2025
  29. Open Hardware: Pimoroni, Arduino, Fairphone
    Open Hardware leftovers
  30. Today in Techrights
    Some of the latest articles
    The corresponding text-only bulletin for Saturday contains all the text.

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